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06-19-2007, 10:48 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: God's country,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Original ERA 427sc, Powered by Gessford
Posts: 2,678
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Originally Posted by Roscoe
And believe it or not that is gelcoat. Eight years on the road and never been painted yet. Just the way it came from A&C.
Roscoe
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I know it's still gel coat (because you're too cheap to get it painted)  And it does look good.
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06-19-2007, 10:54 AM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Fresno,
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Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 184/482ci Shelby
Posts: 14,441
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Here's some pics from down low...
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06-19-2007, 11:02 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Northern VA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadsters
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A&C Gelcoat
And with the gelcoat A&Cs, if you put them upside down in the water, they will float. 
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06-19-2007, 01:32 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Fairfield, NJ, USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: A & C, 351W, Tremec 3550. Exiled Member: Club Cranky
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Now now Ed........Let's behave........Hey wait a minute.....if I had a 427 block in there I'd have my own boat anchor.
Roscoe
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06-19-2007, 02:06 PM
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Premier Motorsports 427SC
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Cobra Make, Engine: Premier Motorsports
Posts: 97
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Here is a pic of a Premier ( a later pic than previously posted ) with the changes that they did to the flares
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06-20-2007, 03:32 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Eagle,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 1966 Lone Star 427SC.
Posts: 4,301
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Jamo- perfect stance ! Nice & level. 
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Kevin
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06-20-2007, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by computerworks
Actually..there were three configurations of the rear shape:
The Comp cars and most of the street cars were what is known now as 'wide-hip'... broad rear wings with no flare.
The S/Cs had a 1-inch flare pounded into them before paint for street use, but they were Comp cars with wide hip to begin with
And finally, the 'narrow-hip' was a design change that lasted only for a few dozen street cars in the first production run. After they changed over to street production, they tried to minimize the size of the rear fenders, since the street-sized tires left a lot of "air" in the wheel arch opening. A few dozen were built that way...but it didn't look as good as the old way, so they switched back. The 'narrow-hip' had no flare either.
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Actually there was a fourth shape, my car was a "wide hip" car and I ordered it with flared fenders, Shelby moved the outer surface outboard but did not add the SC right angle at the wheel opening. I don't know how many cars were done like this but I have had racing tires with a 13.5 " cross-section on with only slight contact with the square tube at the front of the inner fender.
I used to run the Goodyear transAm slicks that were used on Mustangs in the late 60's and early 70's. The rims were the stock factory 9.5" Hallibrands. I believe the tires were about 26.5 tall with a 12" tread and a 13.5 section width, they would probably rub on an original SC.. I would also caution against setting ride heights to get the right look, chassis rake angle has a major effect on roll couple distribution and can really cause major handling issues if it is wrong.
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06-20-2007, 05:04 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Manchester,
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Cobra Make, Engine: AK1085 (302), HTM111 (427 Comp), CSX2375R (289 Comp) and Scratch 427 S/C
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Could you add some photos to your gallery? I am sure it would be appreciated by more than myself. Thanks......
CCX rear end: I am running 26.5 x 10.5 Goodyears on the back and it does not rub at all.
All I did was adjust the ride height down a smidge! Looks very original when standing next to CCX with the standard ride setting.
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06-20-2007, 06:15 PM
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how much did you lower your car it looks great.  |
06-20-2007, 06:30 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: God's country,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Original ERA 427sc, Powered by Gessford
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Originally Posted by FUNFER2
Jamo- perfect stance ! Nice & level. |
Until he sits in it
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06-20-2007, 06:33 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Northport,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham, KMP178 / '66 GT350H, 4-speed
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Jamo - how much did you lower your car it looks great. |
Chappie...I purposely wasn't touching that line....  |
06-20-2007, 06:35 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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Cobra Make, Engine: Original ERA 427sc, Powered by Gessford
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I'm not opposed to picking low hanging fruit! 
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Replica is not a dirty word.
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06-20-2007, 07:50 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Mesa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary Classic, 428 FE CCX 3069
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An older Contemporary. Much like Jeff's car.
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"It's a great car and I love it, but it doesn't do 'SLOW' very well."
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06-20-2007, 11:31 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Fresno,
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Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 184/482ci Shelby
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Chappie, Ron...you can both bite my a$$.
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06-20-2007, 11:54 PM
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Pictures
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Could you add some photos to your gallery? I am sure it would be appreciated by more than myself. Thanks......
CCX rear end: I am running 26.5 x 10.5 Goodyears on the back and it does not rub at all.
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OK, pictures are posted, thanks for asking. 26.5 is a good diameter I have to run 25" diameter to get the width and compound I want but would prefer 26.5
I run a 25x12.5x16 in the rear and a 23.5x11x16 in front |
06-21-2007, 03:24 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Manchester,
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Cobra Make, Engine: AK1085 (302), HTM111 (427 Comp), CSX2375R (289 Comp) and Scratch 427 S/C
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#3170,
Thanks for posting some pics, it is always great to se another early car.
Chappie,
You are right, I don't add to the looks at all.......LOLOL 
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06-22-2007, 01:47 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Scottsdale,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance, Roush 427R-095, Pro Systems carb, 2" headers, Buckshot Racefab side pipes, 10s off idle start
Posts: 705
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I've only seen a handful of original Cobras, three in person and maybe a dozen on line. It seems they have all sorts of shape fenders and lips on the rear. One I remember even had both sides that looked diffrent from each other.
I'm pretty happy with my Superformance look.
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06-29-2007, 05:22 AM
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CC Member
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Location: Newcastle, Warners Bay,
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Cobra Make, Engine: RMC . 393 Dart alloy block Stroked 351 alloy heads ..all the goodies plus a pre oiler. al
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The truth to the Cobra body shape is that they were all "rough beaten" and even each side wasn't identical. Each model was different and each modified version didn't have the same shapes. SO.... your Cobra is unique just like the originals. (as long as you don't add wings or pointy bits ! )
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06-29-2007, 06:02 AM
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FUNFER2,
If you're on a budget, Hurricane Motorsports will give you the best bang as far as accuracy vs. price.
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07-16-2007, 06:18 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Scottsdale,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Bought an Exact carbon car in TX. Bought a 427 sideoiler with 630 HP
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No one bought Hi Tech after Tim Gunning went bankrupt in the 90s. A new company in Texas is the 21st century Hi Tech using a carbon Fiber body with very accurate detailing. Roger Bolick is the owner of the company and isn't giving any information yet re: the name of the company.
John
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